Power-pop band from the land of Big Star.

Kid Dakota is the musical moniker of Darren Jackson. Formed in 1999, Kid Dakota released two albums on LOW's Chairkicker's Union - “So Pretty” (2002), and “The West is the Future” (2004) - and three albums on Graveface Records - “A Winner's Shadow” (2008), “Listen to the Crows As They Take Flight” (2011), and “Denervation” (2018). His forthcoming album, “Age of Roaches,” will be released on Graveface Records on 10/5/2019.

Darren is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, engineer, teacher, and producer. Although he grew up in a small town in Western South Dakota, Darren cut his musical teeth in Minneapolis. A fixture on the scene there for over a decade, Darren founded two critically-acclaimed bands (Kid Dakota and the Olympic Hopefuls), released nine albums, and won three Minnesota Music Awards including “Artist of the Year.” He toured extensively in the United States and Europe, sharing stages with rock and roll icons such as Soul Asylum and the Violent Femmes as well as indie rock stalwarts like LOW and Black Moth Super Rainbow.

I am a drummer, and songwriter from St. Paul, MN.
I have written/recorded lots of demos for various bands/projects over the years, which I've decided to share on here.
My main project "Mermecolion", in which I've written/recorded/performed the music myself, has been abandoned for a while, but I'm planning to start writing again, and recording music this year.  
The intention for "Mermecolion" has always been to eventually turn it into a live band, I always envisioned the live show being something along the lines of Massive Attack meets Nine Inch Nails.  But, we'll get to that...


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